“We kind of laugh. It feels like it’s been Groundhog Day going all the way back to March 2020, since seemingly every few weeks we get some market-moving news."

Many aspects of 2020 were complicated, and trade with China was certainly one of them. While trade wars and tariffs made headlines, one fact remained constant: China is a valuable trading partner for the...

As 2021 approaches, dairy farmers, processors, and customers attempt to estimate what the year could bring for dairy

What am I most proud about in 2020? That was the question posed by Lucas Lentsch to dairy farm leaders of the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF), Dairy Management Inc. (DMI), and USDEC

From a business standpoint, the U.S. Dairy Export Council’s decision to open its U.S. Center for Dairy Excellence this October in Singapore . . . in the heart of Southeast Asia . . . just may be...

“This has been the issue that is the toughest to navigate in trying to develop a global brand,” said Sartori Cheese CEO Jeff Schwager on the October 7 Hoard’s Dairyman DairyLivestream

The European Union’s (EU) use of geographical indications (GIs) to monopolize the cheese market is founded on the belief that European cheeses are of a higher quality than those made elsewhere, including...

Just how much U.S. milk goes into U.S. dairy exports? A few readers posed that question after reading the October 10, 2020, Editorial Comment "Should we cull all the cows in Wisconsin?"

Geographical indicators (GIs) have been a hot topic in the last several years as countries make trade agreements across the globe

What’s in a name? That’s the battle U.S. and European cheesemakers have been fighting for the last three decades

Global import demand was much stronger than expected in the second quarter of this year, and that extended into July with imports up an estimated 6.4% from last year

Post-lockdown dairy demand is both fantastic and terrible. It is hard to make sense out of all the individual data points

The U.S. is the world’s third largest exporter of dairy products, but the federal order system may not be giving American farmers much competitive advantage to improve the demand of those exports,...

The last five years have caused Class VII to become a well-recognized term in the United States

The past several months have demonstrated our strength when we work together. They have also underscored the global connectivity that defines modern life

Dairy consumers in many countries around the world can easily pick out Irish butter with its leprechauns and Dutch cheese covered in windmills and tulips from their grocery store shelves

When the dairy market is expanded to a global perspective, often the conversation shifts to our competitors and how to best them

Roughly one day each week, every U.S. dairy cow’s milk production goes into making dairy products that will be exported to another country

“We usually keep about 20 days of milk powder inventory on hand,” said Keith Murfield, CEO of United Dairymen of Arizona, on the May 6 episode of Hoard’s Dairyman DairyLivestream

The dairy growth story is expected to continue. Today, the dairy world is serving over 7 billion consumers